heights
Acrophobes fear these
Heights are elevated places—hilltops, cliffs, tall buildings.
The word often appears with a proper name for neighborhoods or districts on high ground: Washington Heights, Golan Heights.
Fear of heights is acrophobia.
Figuratively, heights represent peaks of achievement or intensity: the heights of fame, new heights of absurdity.
To scale the heights is to reach the top of something difficult.
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- peakUtmost height attained
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- plateauFlat highland area
mesa · butte · escarpment · mountain · hilltop · knoll · highland · upland
Desire for achievement
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- successFavorable outcome attained
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- peakUtmost height attained
summit · goals · dreams · climbing · ascent · reaching · attaining · soaring
Sensation of spinning
- fearEmotional response to threat
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
panic · sweating · trembling · nausea · dread · paralysis · unease · avoidance
Very tall urban building
- towerTall slender edifice
- penthouseTop-floor luxury apartment
- rooftopBuilding's top exterior surface
- balconyRaised exterior platform
observation deck · elevator · condominium · apartment · loft · cityscape · skyline · spire
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
plateau · mesa · butte · escarpment · mountain · hilltop · knoll · highland · upland · promontory
ambition
Desire for achievement
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- successFavorable outcome attained
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
peak · summit · goals · dreams · climbing · ascent · reaching · attaining · soaring · excellence
vertigo
Sensation of spinning
- fearEmotional response to threat
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
dizziness · panic · sweating · trembling · nausea · dread · paralysis · unease · avoidance · exposure therapy
skyscraper
Very tall urban building
balcony · observation deck · elevator · condominium · apartment · loft · cityscape · skyline · spire · aerial view
tall
Of considerable height
lanky · statuesque · long-legged · giant · imposing · elevated · stretched · willowy · gangly · standing tall
precipice
Steep rock face
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- overhangSection projecting beyond support
- cliff edgeSheer drop's boundary
drop-off · gorge · ravine · chasm · bluff · rockface · crag · abyss · outcrop · steep
- fearsspiders, snakes, falling, death, darkness
- thrillsroller coasters, thrill, adrenaline, skydiving, bungee jump
- prominencesprotuberance, protrusion, bulge, bump, swelling
- summitspeak, summit, summits, apex, pinnacle
- place wordstown, ville, burg, borough, shire
- sublimesublimity, grandeur, vastness, awe, majesty
heightsdepths
Lowest or innermost regions
lows · bottom · floor · ground level · bases
- fear of heightsAnxiety about elevation
- new heights
- height and weight
- average heightTypical vertical measurement
- Wuthering HeightsYorkshire gothic novel
- height chartTool measuring vertical stature
height, heighten, heightened, heightening, heightens, heightism